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Cypress

A Wyoming Family Office

Helping decentralization flourish for a brighter future

Cypress LLC is a private family office specializing in decentralized blockchains and semiconductor infrastructure. Built on a generational legacy in silicon, we take the long view — researching, building, and investing in the fields we believe will define the decades ahead.

Portfolio

Investments

Protocols, networks, and companies we backed in their early days.

Cosmos

The Internet of Blockchains

Filecoin

Decentralized Storage Network

Brave

Private Browser & Search

Mercury

Banking for Startups

0L Network

Community-Governed Blockchain

Force Multiplier Studios

Game Development Studio

Robinhood

Commission-Free Investing

Foam

Proof of Location

Ethereum

The World Computer

Polkadot

The Next-Generation Blockchain

Titan

Bitcoin Mining Pool & Marketplace

Nervos Network

The Common Knowledge Base

Terra Luna

Programmable Money for the Internet

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Bridging Chains & Communities

Pioneers

Three decades in Semiconductor I.C. Innovations

110

U.S. patents · 1976–2021

Cypress spans two generations of builders, each at the forefront of their era’s defining technology. The first made its mark in silicon: Sau-Ching Wong, a semiconductor I.C. pioneer whose work runs from Intel’s 1st generation 4k DRAM and Altera’s EP300, the first reprogrammable logic device, to foundational Flash Memory Storage Technology innovations — acquired by SanDisk and Samsung. The next carries that conviction into decentralized networks and emerging technologies.

  • Intel

    1 patent

    Advanced memory products, including 1st generation 4k DRAM

  • Altera

    8 patents

    Startup team — EP300, the first reprogrammable logic device, and the EP-Series and MAX families that led to the 1988 IPO

  • SanDisk

    59 patents

    Single-chip voice recording I.C. based on Analog Flash Memory Technology developed at Invox — team and IP acquired by SanDisk

  • Samsung

    42 patents

    Multi-bit-per-cell (MLC) Flash Memory Technology patent portfolio, developed at Multi Level Memory Technology — acquired by Samsung

Explore the patent archive at sauwong.com